Adam Lallana, who was short of match fitness, came on for him in Kiev. As soon as Salah left the pitch, nobody in the Liverpool side really stood up, took on the mantle and say ‘This is going to be my final’.

I’d offload somebody such as Danny Ings, get a few quid for him and then add one or two promising youngsters.

Liverpool rely on Salah too much and need more attacking options, according to Collymore (Image: AFP)

Go out, look around the world and find someone who’s 19, 20 or 21, someone happy to play second fiddle to Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane and Salah for a year or two, but could come on and make a real impact.

They also need to look at midfield.

James Milner isn’t getting any younger, and Jordan Henderson at times on Saturday was stalked by the imperious Luka Modric.

Keita is already on his way from RB Leipzig but Stan wants another midfielder in besides (Image: Bongarts/Getty)

So I think they need two keepers, one more central defender, another top-quality central midfielder on the back of Naby Keita’s arrival and one out-and-out forward to flesh the squad out from its 13 or 14 good players to 22 or 23 over the next couple of seasons — which os what you need to win a Premier League title.

There are plenty of positives, and they have reached two European finals in three years.

But if they want to get back to the top table of English football and win the marathon rather than a six-game sprint in the FA or League Cup or the 12-game sprint in the Champions League, their squad has to be almost double the size it is now.

Liverpool had champions City's number in one-off games this season but finished fourth, 25 points behind (Image: Getty)

Look at Man City’s squad - two top-quality players in every position. Liverpool just don’t have that.

Klopp’s got to want to send the signal that he wants a squad like Pep Guardiola’s.

He’s got to say to FSG, 'I deserve it. I’ve been to finals. Now give me the big dough and let me see how I spend it.'